how to pronounce kid

/ˈkɪd/

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kid is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of kid in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… this if you know a kid and you want that …”

meanings of kid

noun:

Used as a form of address for a child, teenager or young adult.
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
Kidskin.
Of a female goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid.
A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
A young antelope.
A person whose childhood took place in a particular time period or area.
A deception; an act of kidding somebody.
A young goat. He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
The meat of a young goat.
A child, teenager, or young adult; a juvenile.

verb:

To make a joke with (someone).
To make a fool of (someone).
Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
To joke.
To dupe or deceive (someone).

kid frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word kid occurs in english on average 100.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kid can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kid can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) people, society, and culture;